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L No. 64,481. PATENTED MAY 7, 1867.

B. Q. BUDDING.

PEGGING MACHINE.

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IMPROVEMENT IN PEGGING MACHINE.

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Be it known that I, B. Q. Bunnnvc, of Milford, in the county of Worcester, and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Awl-Feed Pegging-Machine Mechanism and I do hereby declare thatthe' following, taken in connection with the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification is a description of my invention sufficient to enable those skilled in the art to practise it. a

The inventiondins reference to the construction and arrangement of devices in machines for pegging boots and shoes, by \rhich the shoe is alternately held in position foraction of the peg-driverand the awl. and fed forward after each peg is driven for the next descent of the peg-driver and awl- 1 In machines in common use the arrangement or method of operation of these devices is somewhat as follows: The awl projectsdown from a foot which has an up-and-down and forward-and-back movement,and this foot has a tube or throat extending through it parallel to the awl, and at a distance therefrom equal to the space to be left between adjacent pegs. On one side of this foot is a retainer or hold-fast, having its bottom surface serrated to hold the shoe, and the bottom of the feed-foot is also serrated as an auxiliary to the a-wl in feeding the shoe. The parts being so arranged, the. edge of the shoe, supported on a jack, is brought up against theawl with sufiicient force to carry the surface of the sole up into contact with the surface of the foot, said surface'projecting below the adjacent surface of the retainer. The egging mechanism being then put into operation the am moves forward in the direction in which the shoe is to be pegged, carrying the shoe with it the distance which is to be given between two pegs; then the foot and aivl move up,.,letting the surface of the shoe some up against the serrations or teeth of the-retainer and free the shoe from the feed-foot and awlj then the foot moves back and finally down upon the shoe, carrying the shoe away or freeing it from the retainer, the descent of the foot driving the aw} into the shoe, and the peg-driver driving a peg (brought into the pegtube and under the driver) down into the hole previously made by the awl. The foot then goes forward again, the owl and feed-teeth thereby again feeding the shoe, (the shoe being freed from the retainer,) the foot again rises and brings the shoe against the retainer, again moves forward, and again descends to drive ernew' peg and pierce a new peg hole, these operations being continued till the pegging is finished. This general arrangement is, so far as r'elates to driving the pegs, the onlypractical method of effecting their insertion in a proper manner. But in one of its details it is so far unsatisfactory or dcfective that shoes, in which the soles are made of light stock, are seldom pegged on a machine because of the indentations made by the serrations or teeth of the retainer. These indentations it is impossible to remove by bufling and finishing the sole, and thev are so far objectionable as to render boots-or shoes, inwhich they appear in the surface, unmerchantable.

The object of, my invention is to remedy this difficulty, so as to adapt the machineto the pegging of light as well as heavy soles. As before observed, the peg is driven into the holefpreviously made by the owl. New, "I afiix to the retainer a tooth or point in the same plane of the peg-drivertube and the owl, and at a distance from the awl (when the feed-foot is moved up to the retainer) equal-to the distance between the awl and the pegtube, and tleavo the contact surface of the retainer otherwise entirely smooth "or free from serrations and points. is being thecase, it will readily be seen that the point or tooth on the retainer securely holds the shoe at the proper time, and that when the owl descends it will always enter: the hole last made by the retainer point, (the descent of the awl'and feed-foot carrying the shoe below the retainer tooth,) thereby leaving the surface of .the sole entirely free from the punctures and indentations left in-it by the mechanism as now used,

My invention consists in this construction and method of operation of the retainer by which the shoe is held during the upward and back movement of the and and feed-foot by a tooth or point projecting from the retainer, which tooth or point pierces a hole into the sole, into which hole the awl next descends to complete the peg hole and feed the shoe, and into which same hole the peg is finally driven.

The drawings represent the feed-foot, owl, peg-tube,'and retainer of a common pegging machine in their relative p sitions, my improvement'being applied to the retainer. A shows the position of the parts when the foot is against the retainer and above the shoe; 13 their position when the foot has dcsccndedland freed the shoe from the retainer and its tooth; C their position when the feed-foot has moved forward from thc retainer; D their position when the feed-foot and owl have risen and let the shoe up against the retainer. Only these parts are particularly shown, for their general operation is precisely that of other and well-known pegging machines of the same class. a denotes the feed-foot; 6 the owl; c the peg and peg-driver tube, shown by dotted lines; d' the retainer, their motions being communicated in the ordinary manner; a may represent the surface being pegged. Through the retainer r: a wire is inserted, said wire having a point forming it tooilnj', which projects down from the surface of the retainer, as shown in the drawings, the distance grpart of the tooth fund aw] a being the san1e,just before the shoe-is fedi'orwards, as the distance apart of the owl and peg-drivur or peg-tube. The wire is held in positiolnby a screw, g, and as the point wears the wire may be renioved for re-pointing by loosening said screw, and its point may be projected more'or less, as may be required. The lower surface of the retainer and the lower surface of the feet a are left smooth.

The operation, described by the drawings, is as follows: The shoe having been brought up against the retainer 0, or being held in position against. it, by the tooth {LS shown at A, the feed-foot is carried down,

driving the owl into the shoe, and carrying the shoe below the tooth f, as seen at B. The foot next moves forward, as seen at C, the owl taking with it the shoe the length of space between the owl and peg-driver. The

foot next ascends, as seen at D, thereby letting the shoe up against the retainer, the pressure upon the jack driving the tooth f into the sole and holding the shoe stationary, while the feed foot next goes back towards the retainer, as se n at A, and until it is next driven down against the shoe. When thus driven down, it will be seen that the owl is driven into the hole lost made by the tooth'f, and that the peg'is driven into the hole last made by the eWL-as before described, leaving the surface of the shoe-unmarried with any. marks around the pegs. i

I elniunin combination with the vibrating :url and the pegtube, the retainer tooth f, so arranged with relation to the owl that the owl will be driven into the hole previously L ride by the tooth, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

B. Q. BUDDING. Witnesses:

J. B. Cnosnr, L. H. LATUILZR. 

